The French government refused to allow the movie to be shown in France until 1973.
Posted on 11/22/2025 1:01:15 PM PST by delta7
The head of the French armed forces said his country must be prepared to send its children to die in a war with Russia. “Russia is convinced that the Europeans are weak. However, we are strong, fundamentally stronger than Russia,” Chief of the French Defense Staff General Fabien Mandon said. “We have all the knowledge, all the economic and demographic strength to dissuade Moscow’s regime. What we are lacking, and that is where you have a major role, is the strength of soul to accept pain to protect what we are.” He added, “If our country is weak because it is not ready to accept losing its children — because it’s better to say things clearly — [and] to suffer economically because the priority will be the defence sector, then we are at risk.” He made the remarks earlier this week at the congress of the Association of Mayors of France. He urged the local leaders in attendance to inform their constituents of his assessment. French President Macron has emerged as a firm backer of NATO’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. European leaders have warned that Moscow is planning to reconstitute the Soviet Union and invade NATO countries. However, Russian forces only control about 20% of Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin has offered to end the war with Ukraine only ceding the Donbas and parts of two southern provinces. Ukrainian President Zelensky met with European leaders in France earlier this week. A significant issue that was discussed is the bloc’s attempt to cover a massive budget deficit in Ukraine. The President of the European Commission said that the EU would need to provide Kiev with $150 billion over the next two years. Zelensky also signed an agreement to buy 100 Rafael fighter jets from France over the next two years. Paris said it would take at least three years to train Ukrainian pilots.
French generals are known for treating their soldiers as cannon fodder.
How many children does this general have in active duty in the French armed forces?
I’m guessing zero.
The French government refused to allow the movie to be shown in France until 1973.
The non-Muslim children, of course.
Not that any children should be sacrificed on the altar of old men’s stupidity.
France needs its youth for Crusades not deadly folly. Of course the globalists want Islamists to have their way while they send the resistance to revolution to die in Ukraine. It’s the Bolshevik playbook all over again. Ditto UK.
Yeah, I’m sure all those Muslims in France are willing to fight for France. I guess if they declare it as a “Jihad” that would be one way.
A Frenchman swearing to fight to the last American male. Weird, Mandon doesnt sound Israeli.
Sounds good to me. Draft all those freakin rape monsters that illegally immigrated from Islamic Africa. They’ll do a bang up job for sure and be happy to defend their homeland lol.
aka...itching for WWIII
Mourir pour Ucraine ?
Ukraine is not worth the life of one poliu, Tommy or GI.
The Muslims will fight for the Bolsheviks and Communism. It’s called the Red-Black alliance. If France sends its most potent fighters to Ukraine the Bolsheviks (Globalists) and Muslims both win.
Once was not enough, froggo?
Perhaps it’s time to the reactivate Maginot Line.
Just kidding, of course. General Mandon is talking about some sort of expeditionary force sent far from France’s borders. That’s so silly it has to be a bluff.
Don’t they have a couple million military aged muslims they can send?
“We have all the knowledge, all the economic and demographic strength to dissuade Moscow’s regime.”
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Big talk from the Frenchie. What the French DO NOT have is the military strength to back up their “tough guy” talk.
Neither does any European country.
They are still coming across French bones from Napoleon’s disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812.
And after that came the disastrous battle of Leipzig. And after that came the disastrous battle of Waterloo.
Yet many people see Napoleon as some sort of military genius, perhaps the greatest of all time. I have a bit of trouble accepting that. Great geniuses don’t end up exiled on a rock.
And then did he fart in Putin’s general direction?
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